helicine arteries

helicine arteries
1. small arteries that for their entire length have a band of thickened intima on one side, in which longitudinal muscle fibers are embedded. They follow a convoluted or curled course and open directly into cavernous sinuses instead of capillaries; they play a dominant role in erection of erectile tissue. 2. arteriae helicinae penis. 3. rami helicinae arteriae uterinae.

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